Vermont Monitoring Cooperative

Providing the information needed to understand, manage, and protect

forested ecosystems in Vermont

Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation – The University of Vermont – USDA Forest Service, GMNF

VMC is a partnership of the State of Vermont, Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of

Environmental and Natural Resources, and the Green Mountain National Forest, USDA Forest Service. VMC has received annual funding from the USDA Forest Service since it was established in 1990 through an initial appropriation secured by US Senator Patrick

Leahy.

Vermont Monitoring Cooperative

Partnership of State of Vermont, University of Vermont, & US Forest Service – Green Mountain National Forest

Forest ecosystem health monitoring Research coordination and funding Information sharing and education Intensive sites at Mt. Mansfield & Lye Brook Wilderness Over 60 Cooperators and 140 projects

VMC Staff

Sean Lawson, Acting Director (UVM) and Monitoring Coordinator (FPR)

Mim Pendleton, Field and Lab Technician (UVM) Joanna Grossman – Web & Data Manager (FPR) Judy Rosovsky, Data Management Assistant (UVM) Carl Waite, Researcher and Analyst (UVM) Jennifer Supple, Information/Education Specialist (FPR)

VMC RESOURCESVMC RESOURCES

Long-term Study SitesLong-term Study Sites

Long-term Forest Health RecordsLong-term Forest Health Recordslocal, regional, nationallocal, regional, national

Long-term Air Quality RecordsLong-term Air Quality Recordslocal, regional, nationallocal, regional, national

Searchable, On-Line Project LibrarySearchable, On-Line Project LibraryOver 12 Years of Data, Metadata, Maps, ReportsOver 12 Years of Data, Metadata, Maps, Reports

Professional Professional StaffStaff

Over 60 Over 60 CooperatorsCooperators

Federal, State, Federal, State, University SupportUniversity Support

Key VMC Study SitesKey VMC Study Sites

Mount Mount MansfieldMansfield

Lye BrookLye Brook

Lake ChamplainLake Champlain

PMRC – Underhill, VT Air Quality PMRC – Underhill, VT Air Quality Super-siteSuper-site

PMRC Forest Canopy PMRC Forest Canopy TowerTower

VMC 2006 Annual MeetingMonday, October 30, 2006

VT Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation – The University of Vermont – Green Mountain National ForestLOCATION: Billings North Lounge, University of Vermont Campus

AGENDA8:30-9:00 am Registration – Refreshments – Poster Set-Up9:00 am Welcome and Introductory Remarks - Sean Lawson, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative9:10 am Assessing Indicators of Healthy Forests: a Web-based Application to Provide Statewide Information to Natural

Resource Professionals - Sandy Wilmot, VT Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation; Phil Girton, Consultant9:55 am Long-Term Ecosystem Monitoring Project on Green Mountain National Forest

Brian Keel & Diane Burbank, USDA Green Mountain National Forest10:25 am Break – Refreshments and Snacks – Poster Viewing10:45 am Status and Trends of Vermont's Forest Birds: 18 Years of the Forest Bird Monitoring Program.

Steve Faccio, Vermont Institute of Natural Science11:15 am Climate Change Effects on New England Spruce-Fir Forests: Evidence from the Past, Implications for the Future.

Matthew Landis, Middlebury College11:45 am Putting Forest Health Monitoring in its Place - The Vermont Long-term Forest Soil Monitoring Project. – Thomas

Villars, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service 12:15 pm Lunch and poster session 1:15 pm Amphibian and Reptile Monitoring at Mt. Mansfield and Throughout Vermont – Jim Andrews, Middlebury College1:45 pm Benefits of Adding Physiological Measurements to Long-Term Monitoring Efforts: Red Spruce and Sugar Maple

as Examples.Paul Schaberg, USDA Northeast Forest Experiment Station; Gary Hawley, University of Vermont, RSENR

2:15 pm Influence of Nutrition and Stress on Sugar Maple at a Regional Scale. – Scott Bailey, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station

2:45 pm Break3:00 pm Inventory and Monitoring Forest Invasive Species with Airborne Remote Sensing: Honeysuckle in the Taconics.

Robert Turner, Consulting Forester, R.J. Turner Company3:30 pm Preliminary Results of the 2005 Vermont Acid Lake Biomonitoring Program

Heather Pembrook, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation4:00 pm Closing Remarks - Sean Lawson, Vermont Monitoring CooperativeEND